Evening Star Newspaper, February 27, 1892, Page 10

ey a ae THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. D.0. SATURDAY, | a | must depend for its mecoss —_ UARY 97, 1892-SIXTEEN PAGES. the active co making an extended visit to the different hold- the z and the mill pon 4 advantages of Proposed far below is Shoemaker’s mill mill dam, be began to hin si eneral E ings. long work of hearing testi- | over which rolls broad, majestic rT © osified Ben, cowboys and | Onerative eftorts ofthe ganersl POTS aia at | Tho Get decided result of the work of the | Sey is vegsed tovuiose csgens ns, tet | Sirens "Above the: dum, te water ‘ceretobes STAGE AND SAWDUST)" people for sight chow day. 4 py ge sion By ate, Hompnill from the District committee, ae Te oe ee th, easy Toads Below Shocmaker's mill «ne Interesting Information About Hiall is often styled, tias boon theycene of much | Tos chageat at es meeting ae the plan | recommended sop. Aa the — long hearings were finished and the arguments | t@ creck oes sweeping on Soward = — 4 - tical»: yet few of those who are now of securing the park as proposed by the bill | troduced by him on sion "et ‘1,500,000 | ComMenced. The question of the ownership | limits of the park. “At some places the wat the Dime Museum the Circus, | :2%c""'s2 or enided ty ite tmndawe know then pending in Congress, sad an exectrive | recommended an appropriation of Ot. feny wioersl th nthe property was eee ee oe ee e Dime and (hat in the darkest and most uncetain days of : and the ‘t in General ly y | Ame —— committeo was appointer % ‘CSS ‘Noyes, BH. | On the 16th of Februatr the Senate District thet the ininerale were Proverty of the int | hills. Above Klingle Ford bridge the creek ae even st | Warner, ‘CC. Glover, A. T. Britton, B. A. | committee approved and substituted the Hemp- | senment. December 19 affords a splendid stretch of water. Below d George E. Lemon. hill bill for the one it had reported, which the board of apprais- ENGLAND TO SEE FREAKS. 7 A *etamen whe tee ers made their re | Klingle ford, where the cfeek winds into the ~ Lary A : | Biebartoon va present at tho meeting | made no appropristion, but required the Com- | Sregate @1-105,967 te Repent Be the Sf | Zoological Park, the banks of the stream rise Beas Was the spactous on A cre Judge Seong, Dr. J--C., Welling, W. | missioners to report ics work to Congress. An | Within the limite of the propa, Ciek. Prey | im, Precipitous‘clitfy “clothed. with a. thick This was motabiy. the coe tate Frere Judge Strong iilyer, O. 8 Noyes, Wm. H. | effort was made by Mr. Hemphill, February amount, together with about ¢o2, 4 to|§Fowth of timber. In the limits of the pro-| A Manager Who Will Set Up a Kival to the dincoln and stephen A. Dong- | Hornaday, Juss. Switzier, John T. Given,Dr. | 28, 1889, to get the matter through before perty owners who accepted the price of, | Poted patk is to be found almst every variety | zonden Concert Halls—How Dime Museums | in 1858 acpi — | Clagett. Col. G6. Glove Jax Mf; Jobnion, | the Fiftieth Conzrons ‘expired a Ferd by the naging commission, "exceeded Of Sree and shrub and vine which the climate | yee scantished — Statesmen as |S Rei ee . ward, 1 substanti as an the ay for: . Theodore. ia, Pegnk Hatton, JohnH. Crane, | to” the "Zoo" billy which was under | the SPPFopriation of $1,200,000 made for the |*prae spots, too, of some historic | Special Attractions in the Cireus, Rog George Truesdell, Jos. Paul, Col. J. M- Wilson, | consideration. Then’ the friends of the | "This fact was mado the basis of as| interest along the stream. Joel Barlow EES r ih Dent, John Joy Edson, W. C. Dodge, M. | bill sougit to secure its enactment asan amond- | jeeal attack on the casket een over o | Selected a home overlooking this picturesque oa. “Welle fet Kilbourn, Noble D. Larner,ex- t to the sundry eivil bill, but failed, though | ditsatisiied with the seacda® Irecie saeeiv, | Sen, and John Howard Payne, whose mortal New Yorx, February 27. | ing that pers Eomuiecioner Loring, Prof. Langley, Dr. Robt | their efforts probably resulted im securing the | Shiu uote quit the Se yo ncdy- | remains now lie in the cemetery on. the slopes NGLAND IS GOING | ©x°eeds ot ween a Commissioner.oss Perry, Reginald Fendall, Wm. | coveted place in the sundry civil bill for the Court in, Generate, against the report in the Ragin Hise oe dg med ey “ag mere r Ce Rey burn nH, Warner, L. D. Wine, 'B. F. | -Zoo” amendment, which, thus nestled under spent in. argument. The end neater, | attractions in this region that it was one of his wedlgesct nad | candidates to strive R. Smitt wo E. Lemon, A. B. Brown, 'N. W. | tho wings of a great appropriation bill, went hearing to all, but’ finriiy ce thea, Patient | tavorite haunts. On. the banks of the creck from an institution that | —y Te Giloert dL, Barbour, ©. B. Church, W. J. | safely through. made its order confirming too seeoett stant | stood the mill built by John Quincy Adame and is peculiarly American @ to cause them to Stevenson, J. Q. Ihompson, Jesse B. Wilson, IN THE FIFTY-FIST CONGRESS. afirming the repert. the house where Adams at intervals found rest the dime muasoum. | ‘tp the state in the interest of themes Thos, Somerville, E. D. Tracy, Jas E. Fitch, Promptly at the beginning of the Fifty-first ae THE LAST STEP. from public toil. Along the creek, too, are —t “028 ene : M. F. Morris and W. S. Thompson. Gunga das pack Billa wore rolnuredaneA: low the proceedings have reached the last | relics of the war, earthworks which formed a Less than a week ag; September 4, 1858, at Lin the fate of the creek or the possible destruction WHAT LED TO THE MEETING. ‘This was the first public record of the new park mévement. It had been thought out and planned, however, in private conference by public-s] irited men, who realized that the Rime had come for a supreme effort. The pro- step before the commission can pay for and take possession of the land condemned. The law provides chat the report of the appraising commission, after it has been ee] by the court, shall be submitted to the President for approval. The report is now in the hands nin, in Logan ed on the show bilis the i Part of the cordon of forte that encircled the capital. THE BOUNDS OF THE PARK. ‘The park as laid out by the commission com- Prises 1,980 acres and extends from Kingle Ford bridge to the District line. The lower or a“ au there sailed from this port for the British me- | tropolis s man who is | worth half a million | o dollars and who has," of the beauty of the valley—seem to be at an end. Those who hare given their ti d energies to securing this happy result ha to overcome obstacles which would have dis- couraged men whose devotion to the public good had not been unwavering. It may not be December 4, 1889, both Mr. Ingalls and Mr. Sherman offered bills in the Senate. Mr. In- galls’ bill limited the width of the park to 1,000 feet, made it begin at Massachusetts avenue and extend ail along the creek to the District line. The Commussioners of the District were charged with negotiating for shir fanue of a cannon from for | of the President. The fact that the President “ made every centof that a edicine peddlers out of place here to brietly recapitulate the | CeeGings which led to practical results were | or condemning the property and required Promptly approved the park bit! when it was | 80uthern part of the park is narrow, as the aaa ak eat oni and, Samaritan looking leading points in the long history of the park | toitisted by Mr. Charles C. Glover of Riggs & | to report their action to Congress. No | passed by Congress and made the most careful | Width there is limited by law, but north of the apediona wnret the crowd around the movement. | Go. in November of 1888. In consnitation ith appropriation was made. Mr. Sherman's | selection of the commissioners who were | Junction of the Blagden Milland Broad Branch amusement busin 20 o'clock trata He rmst BI. Mr. James M. Johnston. Mr. Calderon Carlisle, | bill was similar to Mr. Hemphill’s, ex-| charged with executing the provisions of the | Fads it widens out. The narrow section forms | would be a betrayal of coifilence to t mheesy be och of boyasome OTECTING ROCK CREEK.| The first Rock Creek Park bill was introduced Capt. Thomas W. Symons. Thomas Hyde and] cept that it named the ‘ingle | law is taken as an assurance of his deep in- | ®S0rtof parkway connecting the main park with anda few polit PR x ? R. Ross Perry preliminary work was biocked out and Mr. Johnston drew up a bill, which was the basis of the one that finally be- Douglass, ued an name. But he “knows his business,” that is | * sure, and he goes fort not as a blind man, but | as a disciple of a new principle in foreign theatricais. This man has spent the greater part of the past year in London. He declares | tans from Bloom: spirit of the i only the senea- Ford bridge as the starting point, and, instead of making a direct appropriation, provided for the issue of $1,200,000 in District bonds to pay came a law. A few evenings later another ! for the park, provision being made that one- meeting was held at Mr. Glover's house, at | half the sum shoul: be refuuded by the United which were present the gentlemen named and ! states to the District. twenty-five years ago in the Thirty-ninth Con” gress. After that from year to year a num! of measures were formulated. They all were similar to the first in having the same object 1m view—the acquisition of the land bordering terest ina measure that means so much of good to the District and that he will not on any trifling consideration render of no avail the Great work already done by the commissioners e appointed. There bave been a number of the Zoological Park. The eastern boundary of the park trom Blagden Mill road all the way out to the District limits is a straight line, which would be ihe line of 16th street if that street were extended. The park sirkes the north- ———e Measure anda Busi- | ‘The Park as » Sanitary Its Acquirement Calcu- | lated to Save Many Millions in the Future— | > committee Louse steps and though they ‘A Description and History of the Park. years ago Maj. Michler in response to a resolu- tion of the Senate, pre- pared maps of a park ¢7},to include the land Me? bordering Rock creek, the park then proposed being similar to the one $_ which now awaits only the President's ap- proval to become a reality. In the quarter of a century that passed the project always had its friends, several bills were introduced and Many reports were made, but it was not until | the year 1890 that Congress became so im- Pressed with the practical wisdom of the park scheme as to enact the legislation required to secure the park. Congress may be excused for so long delaying an act now univ sally ac- knowledzed to have been a wiseo . ouly within a few years that it has been pli to every one that the rapi¢ growth of the as Would scon make of am noted for its Been: auty along all its winding length the District limits a noisome and pestilent sewer. of « beautiful suburban park at the gate ‘onal capital wa im itself am | § ame evi 2 ock creek was pro- fected frou aalets the ectabiibment of one more than the park n have to. be ex- the creek, prac- much interested in < to the eapi- project as © i exper rk for what it cost Baltimore to eof ite creck. This, besides cs : Gccupation of this valley by dwellings or fac- : THE COST OF COVERING ROCK CREEK. The facts siated by Senator Gorman had been discussed by officials before and bad bee en .d by the state of that section of Rock | creek already inclosed by the city. In the re- | ort made by Capt Symons, assistant to the Engineer Commissioner, for the fiscal Tune, 1583, much ‘space was dev gine the need for the abatement nuisance rising from this “large ici atively stagnant an r eee Ty to discussing ® pian for accom- Plishing the desired object ‘The plan then mggested proposed t arches for carrying the creek. proposed were 920 feet long 2,070 feet long, amd the en work, a little more estimated at $660,000, oF mor amount appropriated || flock Creek’ Park, which is to inclose many ‘meandering stream. tales Ot tne view of thie case was presented also of the engineer corps, | Dent joined in a letter to the District Commis- sioners calling attention to the abandoned project and urging “the desirability and polic without needless delay.” of attempted legislation. Attention was called to the project again in Januar announcement of an offer by donate twenty-five acres of his land on Rock publie baths, but Congress did not avail itself of the offer. sioners to plat for land not exceeding when the city encroached upom It, | tion of Massach avenue extended and the | motive behind it teefoiled in ment anertns ‘Baltimore €1.250,000 = mile. At | ton of Masencl to the boundary line of | Dt had to be corte = Mr | Gorman | estimated that) th. District. No appropriation was made, the cust SASSO So = oe ey) ¥ | bill requiring the Commissioners to report to FRIENDS ON THE FLOOR. ‘a : Congress the results of their negotiations and Rock creek for park purposes— Giffered from that and from each other 19 the methods prescribed for acquiring the ground, the litnit of cost, as well as the number of acres to be purchased, and in minor details concern~ ing the commissioners to have charge o! Te dopted by fhe toa resolution adopted by Senate en motion of Mz. Hendricks on the 18th | of July, 1866, Maj. N. Michler of the corps f the following ae to the Senate a report giving mal cor a park of 3,540 acres an¢ Se P'S00 acres. Upon this report a pall as formulated by the committee om pul Dutidings and grounds providing for the pur- chase for park purposes of a tract of ground writhin the lines projected by Maj. Micbler and ihch included 2,700 acres. Gens. Meigs and Wright and } Michler were constituted a ‘lomiittee to negotiate with the owners of the ‘nd. No appropriation was made, the com- neion being required to report the result of its nego t Congress. engineers in January of ‘ions to the next “Thuis Lill, however. failed to become a law, al- though it bad an eloquent advocate in the Sen- Ate in the person of B. Gratz Brown. A RENEWED EFFORT. ON ROCK CREEK SANDS. No further effort appears on record until , aithough in 1880 Capt. Hoxie in a report had suggested turning the whole Rock creck valley into a park with an ornamental lake and reservoir by a system of dams. November 17, 1883, W. W. Corcoran, W. Strong and Josiah a number of other citizens, including Washing- ton McLean, Crosby 8. Noyes, S. H. Kauffmann, Gen. H. V. Boynton, Henry Wise Garnett, A! T. Britton, Geo. E. Lemon, Chas. Nordhoff, B. H. Warner, Stilson Hutchins, F. A. Richardson, M. M. Parker, Lewis J. Davis, Charles J. Bell, F. P. B. Sands, Wm. Corcoran Hill, Duncan 8. Walker, O. C. Green, Hallet Kilbourn, Col. James A. Bates and E. W. Fox. At this gath- ering, over which Mr. C. 8. Noyes presided, the general plan and bill prepared by Mr. Glover and his associates were approved and it was decided to begin public effort. ‘Next came the meeting at the Atlantic build- ing and the appointment of the executive com- mittee. The work done by that executive committee, in which Mr. Glover was the leading spirit, was enormous. It had hearings beiore co: gressional committees, and through its spok men presented facts clearly and impressiv ‘Thus far its work was apparent to the public. In private it was a committee on education, & of securing these grounds for a public par Nothing, however, was then done in the way 1856, by the ge Ord to reek for the location of a zoological park and ess a bill was offered the District Commis- demnation a tract of )00 feet in width, on both In the Forty-ninth Co: in the Senate authorizin Both in the House and Senate were men who A SYLVAN RETREAT. Se] ieettbad from the Dutrict committee Foouary 26, 188%. That report said “Hoek creek drains a large section of the county jealiy and tlows through the city of Washington. If residences should be placed along its Danks the sewerage would be emptied into that stream and necessarily nger the of the city. The consequence would be that this continuous risk must exist or that this picturesque creek must be covered in end used exclusively as asewer. Tbat portion of the creek slong wiich dwelling houses bave already Leen built is now an open sewer flow- img through the city, from which disagreeable Est m ¥ fre M ve b th te ti ¥ ay A SOLITARY BOATMAN. and notious odors constantly rise, greatly to the detriment of the health of the people ite banks and to the injury of property im that section, and. in the opinion of your committee, the time is near at band when this portion of the creek must be covered over or some other mode of protection adopted at a cost of many thousand dollars. The preeerva- tion of beth banks of Roek creek, as p: im the pending bill, will at once avoid this dan- ger and cost and preserve the existing beauty Of a large territory. Looking at this measure 2 @ practical business matter it seems to be wise. ‘Such « preservation of the natural beauties of & section so near the city will con- duce xreutly 1 the physical as as the Woral upprovement of the people.” A NATURAL PARK. Aside from the satisfaction which this happy Gnd comparatively inexpensive deliverance of the city from grave danger gives to all, the having « park which will bea con- { delight, a beautiful region ted’ Lorover tu the people as a pleasure ground and adding to the charms of the capital ity, is something that appeals to the pride of all The Kock Creck valley is @ natural park, Possessing scenic attractions, combinaticns of Wood and grassy bluff, rock aud stream, which Years ago made it famous. Nature had ac- complished there works, condemnation proceedings. report oxed park, as drawn, shows a in width, from Lyon’s mills to the boundary of the District. The quantity of land included was further in the matter, they suggested, impor- tant modifications would be made in the plan by a careful consideration of the topogr: the severa! uniform width need be adhere: banks are steep only such acreage would be re- gWred as would suffice to contro! the crest and a al bI the House Jarnary 31, 1887, by Mr. Rowell Senate December 13, 1887. January 9, 1838, and it got so far this time as to have an amend- ment a the government failed to provide tor tho pay- ment for the land condemned within two then all proceedings under this act should be | | Hons made in amendments offered by Messrs. Can- non and Hopkins to assess the adjacent prop- | erty and tocharge halt of the cost of the park to the District. ‘The bill was then recommit- | Kock creek region was about to be invaded by cating the park, devoted ats space freely to the real estate syndicates, and that the creek would enterprise, meeting in course of time become a séwer and a source tion and p ©blishin; of pestilence, came ber of influential citizens that they took up the On this dill, in | needed no convincing and who worked for the 1886, at the request of the Senate District | measure from the first with a heartiness that the District Commissioners made @ | aid much to bring avout the final victory. In plat of the pro- | the House Mr. Hemphill led the movement and ark 1,000 fee’ | his interest and his wisdom asa manager greatly | hastened the final passage of the bill. Gen. Grout, then chairman of the House District committee; Mr. Hemphill, the present lchairman ‘of that committee; Mr. Me- noly of | Comas, Mr. Lodge, Mr. Atkinson and others ortions of the proposed park. No to. Where the stating that the Qacres. Should Congress desire to proceed lopes and provide for the construction of suit- drives. Where the elevations lie more re- ote from the banks of the stream a greater idth would be requisite. A favorable report was made on. the bill to ‘om the District committee. ‘The bill failed to become a law. Mr. Ingalls reintroduced the same bill in the ir. Rowell introduced it again in the Hoyse, ached to it declaring that in the event ears id. A favorable report was made on the bill v the District Commissioners and also by the District committee. oe During the discussion of the park project in Gaicaienaes ave he, House, August 13, 1888, the proposal was | 14 warm support to the measure in the fiouse, and ‘in’ the Senate, the cause of the park was championed valiantly by Messrs. Ed- munds, Ingalls, Harris, Gorman, Sherman and | Gibson and others. There were citizens. not gn the committee, too, whose industry and in- - terest contributed much to the final result. ee ee ee | Among these were James M. Johnston, Toss No further steps were taken until the winter | Perry, Myron M. Parker, Alex D. Anderson, Year, 1888, whem the project was re- | Gen. H. V. Boynton, Ex-Auditor McConville ived. The movement then begun was likean and Aldis B. Browne.’ As the work§progressed, prising of citizens. The realization that their Tue Stam, which had been foremost in adv. edand got no further consideration at that me. ery detand for informa- maps and illustrated arti- ve an intelligent idea of the project. THE BILL INTRODUCED. ‘The bill drawn up and approved by the citi- zens’ commiteee was introduced in the House by Mr. Hemphill January 14, 1889. This bill | provided for a purchase of a tract of land not | jing 2,500 acres, following the course of the | Greeks beginning st, Woodley Lane bridge, pf & | width not less at any pomt than 400 feet, The ith such force to a num- | cles to gi | ecutive ofticer to CHANGES PROPOSED IN THE HOUSE. This bill was passed by the Senate January 28, 1890. When the bill went to the House Dis- trict committee it was there modified consid- erably. The name of the park was changed to Columbus Memorial Park. ‘This was done in deference to the Columbus eentiment that then hada big swing at the Capitol. For the first time the limitation as to width south of the Broad Branch and Blagden Mill roads appeared. This strip of the park was not to exceed 500 feet on either side of the creek. The whole tract to be acquired was limited to 2,000 acres. A direct appropriation of 21,200,000 was in- serted, one-half to be charged to ‘the District, and provision was made that half the annual charge of maintenance should be paid by the District. Another change placed the park, when purchased, under the joint control of the District Commissioners and the chief of engineers of the arm A TEMPORARY DEFEAT, March 24 the bill was up in the House and warmly debated. Strong speeches in favor of the bill was made by Messrs. Grout, Caunon, Atkinson, Moore, Hooker, Heard and Hemp- hill, while Messrs. Kerr, Payson and Blount opposed it. The proposed name of the park was cut down from ‘Columbus Memoriall” to plain “Columbus.” Before the consideration of the bill was completed it went over. April 28 it came up again in committee of the whole. An amendment by Mr. Payson to assess the benefits to adjacent lands was agreed to. The bill was favorably reported to the House the same day and defeated—ayes 78, noes 88. Mr. Hemphill, who had voted in the negative for the purpose, immediately moved areconsidera- tion, The friends of the bill were not dis- couraged by the temporary defeat. An active and earcful canvass made of the members ab- sent or not voting that day led them to believe that the result might have been different in a fuller vote. The bill came up again May 26, on the motion to reconsider, and the excellent work done meanwhile by the citizens’ {commit- tee wns shown when the bill was passed by a vote of 107 to 83. The bill then went to conference committee, where it underwent further changes. One thing done by the conference committee was to drop the namotColumbus and restore the name of Kock creek. The House amendment pro- viding for assessing benefits to adjacent prop- erty was retuined. The amount of ‘81,260,000 was appropriated, and it was provided that the commission should be composed of the chief of engineers, the Engineer Commissioner of the District and three citizens to be nominated Ly the President and confirmed by the Senate. THE FINAL VicToRY. By good management Mr. Hemphill secured the consideration of the conference report by the House September 25, 1890, and the report was greed to—ayes, 123: noes, 65. On the fol- lowing day it was agreed to by'the Senate. The next day it reached the President and became a law, having received his signature Saturday, September 27. The President showed a deep interest in the measure, notonly by his prompt approval of it, but by immediately nominating the three civilian ‘commissioners, so there might be nd delay in carrying its’ provisions into effect. ihe commission was composed of Gen. Thomas L. Casey, the chief of engineers, and Lieut. Col Henry M. Robert, the Engineer Commissioner of the District, who were mem- bers of the board by virtue of their offices, and three citizens appointed by the President, Gen. H. V. Boynton, Prof. 8. P. Langley and Mr. R. Ross Perry. In addition Capt. Rossel, the as- sistant to the Engineer Commissioner, in charge of public highways, became by law the ex- 6 commission. Upon the re- tirement of Col. Robert from the office of Engineer Commissioner of the District, Capt. Rossell, who was appointed Engineer Commis: sioner, by virtue of that fact became a member of the Rock Creek Park commission and Capt. Fiebiger became the executive officer of commission. THE WORK OF TRE PARK COMMISSION. The work of the commission was begun at once, but many obstructions were placed in their way. Upon Mr. Perry, who is the lawyer of the commission, devolved labors of unex: pocted magnitude, but at a great sacrifice of his personal interests he devoted himself to combating the constant and ingenious efforts made on the part of owners of land to defeat the will of the people, as expressed by Con- gress,as to the disposition of Rock creek. However great the credit awarded to the citi- zens whose efforts resulted in securing the park legislation, no smaller debt of gratitude is due by the public to. the park commissioners and especially to its representative in court, Mr. Perry, for a steady loyalty to the trust imposed in them and a vigorous management of the af- fairs intrusted to them, that preserved what the citizens’ committee had won and which might have been lost if the commission had been satisfied with a mere perfunctory dis- charge of duty. First the commission had to makea thorough exploration and survey of the whole park jon. | chief of engineers, the secretary of the Smith- sonian Institution and the Engineer Commis- sioner of the District were named as the com- mission to locate and purchase the rerk, with the assistant of the Engineer Commissionor as executive officer of the commission. One-half charged tothe District and the park whet was to the t, park when urchased was to be under the control of the strict Commissioners. ‘The tenor of debates in the House hed con- vineed those who were urging the park pro- ject that it would be quite impossible to get that did not propose to y one-half of the cost. unjust the citizens’ wrong done the viow Tuma, In March, 1991, the final of Proposed park prepared by the commission wee ‘and the report of thekt findings as to valas made. In April the re pproved by the President and an offer for the land was sent to each of the property owners. In the same month the commissioners were obliged to ask an injunction from the courte to protect the trees in the park, which were belng ‘cut be some of the property holders. Several heac. ings were given and in May J fanted the injunction. The sume by commission were accepted by @ number of owners, and 80 abcut 300 acres were by private a; Dovever, and'be wever, ani commissioners itioned the court, as provided by law, for pt phe tment of ane commission. A fit. Watson, one of owners, enlivened the by petitioning for an ‘order restraining appraisers the unconstitutionalit of ts followed botore the suggestions made as to the excess of the awards, together with the money already paid over the appropriation of $1,200,000, but it is claimed at this question is one that need not be con- lered officially until the President has given is approval to the report and thereby author- ized the park commission to purchase the land. The commission then, it is held, are restricted by the limits of the appropriation from taking more land than can be paid for, but this re- striction does not prevent the President from spproving the awards as just and reasonable or the project as proper and expedient. Besides taking and paying for the land and adjusting the purchase to the limits of the appropriation the commission will still have the duty to per- form of assessing as provided by law lands which are benefited by the location of the park. WHAT THE ACT PROVIDED. The act provided that a tract of land not ex- ceeding 2,000 acres in extent lymg on both sides of Rock creek should be “secured and Perpetually dedicated and set apartas a public park or pleasure ground for the benefit and enjoyment of the people of the United States, to be known by the namo of Rock Creck Park. The sum of $1,200,000 was appropriated to pay for the land, one-half of the amount to be reimburgad to the treasury of the United States in four installments, with interest at 3 per centum perannum. Theact did not under- take to define the boundaries of the park fur- ther than to prescribe that it should begin at the Klingle Forge bridge where it joins with the Zoological Park and” ran. northwardly. Between Klingle ford and the junction of the Broad Branch road and Blagden Mill road the act says the park must be at no point less than 600 fect or more than 1,200 fest wide, including the bed of the creek, of which not less than 200 feet shall be on either side of the creek. North of the roads named the park was to be of such greater width as the commissioners might select. ‘The act provides also that the commission having ascertained the cost of the land, includ- ing expenses, shall assess such pro; such cost and expenses upon the lan blocks situated in the District of Columbia specially benefited by reason of the location and improvement of the park as nearly as may be in proportion to the benefits resulting to such realestate, The assessment when con- firmed by the court shall be divided into four equal payments and may be paid by any party interested in full or in one, two, three and four years, with 6 per cent interest on all deferred payments. In caso tho assessment yields an excess over the cost of the park not exceeding £10,000 such excess shall be used in the ime provement of the park, but any excess above $10,000 shall be refunded ratabiy. Broad Branch roud. WHY SHE LEFT THE FLAT. ing” Was Too Much for Her, From the New York World. soalskin coat. ‘Yes, I've moved,” she said. 8 while. that drove me out, either. agreed beautifully wi washed on the same day she did. “We had lived im the fiat almost six months. No one bad called, and I, being used to the ways of smaller cities, had decided that the People meant to snub me. I didn't mind it. arryand I were very comfortable. I had mother with me part of the time, and—well, everything was lovely. “One evening about two weeks ago I was in the bath-room, which opened off the court. I hada severe cold in my lungs, and I confided the fact to Harry, who sat in our ‘den’ fur- ther down the bail.’ I suppose that I must have raised my voice just a ki-ttle, when Harry suz- gested that I use goosegrease and I replied that I hadn't any in the house. “Well, my dear, in just ten minutes the bell rang and my maid caine tome with a saucer and a message from the old lady who lived in the flat above me. The saucer contained goose grease and the message was to the effect that the dear old lady had heard me express a wish, &c., and begged I would accapt it. was pleased. It was 40 sweet and nice of her that tears came to my eyes as I took the saucer and retreated into the bath room again, The door had hardly closed when—another ring, another maid, another saucer, this time from the young married woman on the top jor. “How ungrateful Ihad been! How kind and truly good were all these people! My medita- tions were interrupted by another ring, another maid, another supply of the goose grease. he maiden lady who kept house for her brother had sent it up, and would I please rub itin well and go to bed at once. Then the Irish servant girl across the hall brought some in and gave it to the queen of my kitchen, and Thad to take in and sheiter two more consign- ments while they were exchanging the courte- sies of the evening. “All were represented before the evening was over, except that the offerings varied. The widower on the first floor said his Maria had died of a neglected cold on the lungs,and be sent mea bottle of the Consumptive Sufferer's Ke- het, which she had found very soothing in her last hours. A sweet old grandmother on the second floor sent me a mustard plaster allready for application, and. the widow who boards with her contributed a box of four-grain quinine pills and a medical jour- ni ‘Martha and I spent the entire evening re- ceiving these neighborly offerings, while Harry sat stilland chuckled. “By 11 o'clock we had ample stock for a smail apothecary shop. “From that night everybody in the block re- garded me as being snatched from death by his or her remedy. 1 gave them all a common in- terest to discuss. Harry was waylaid in the hall, Martha was intercepted on her way to and from the clothes line, I myself was subjected to various medical questions by the widower, the grandmother and the young married woman on the top floor. “I was growing thin and pale. I simply had tohave a change of scene—and people. | So we moved. No, lm not exaggerating. I haven't even done the subject justice. But the woman in the sealskin coat thought she had, ABOVE BLAGDEN’S MILL. Tho meanderinge of the creek, which add to the beauty of the region, greatly increased the perplexities of the problem that presented itself to the park commission when they began the work of laying out the creek. They had to lay out a park which would be on both sides of the creck, contain not more than 2,000 acres, and comply with other restrictions of the act. As it was well known that one purpose of the act was to secure Rock creek against pollution, the commission set about the work sith a view to include all ot Rock creek from Klingle ford to the District boundary within the park. THE ROCK CREEK REGION. The beauty of the region is proverbial. It has been celebrated by poets and painters. Major Michler in the original report made to. the Senate in 1866 was #0 moved by the loveli- ness of the region he had explored that he rose above the ordinary statistical level of a “pub. doc.” and thus “In no place hi nature been more bountiful of her charms than in the vicmity of this city, aud all can be found so near and accessible—the valley of the Rock creek and its tributaries, the Broad and Piney branches, and the several minor rivulets, with the adjoining hills overlooking these beautiful streams, present to the capital of the nation advantages not to be lightly disregarded in Providing a park, worthy of-« great people. All the elements which constitute a public re- sort of the kind can be found in this wild and romantic tract of country. With its charming drivesand walks, its hillsand dales, iis pleasant valleys and deep ravines, its primeval forests and cultivated fields, its running waters, its rocks clothed with rich ferns and mosso repose and tranquility, ite light and shade, ite ever-varying shrubbery, its beautiful and extensive views, the localiiy is already posses- sed with all the features necessary for the ob- ject in view. There you can find nature diversified in almost every hue and form,need- ing but the taste of the artist and the skill of the engineer to enhance its beauty and useful- ness; gentle pruning and removing what may be distasteful, improving the roads and paths and the construction of new ones, and increas- ing the already large growth ‘of trees and shrubs, deciduous and evergreen, by adding to them of other climes and countries.”” Another matter-of-fact engineer oficer_was equally affected many years after, for Capt. Symone in his reporton the park project in 1896 said: “There lies within the District of Columbia a region of marvelous natural beauty, a region of rugged rocks, running water and stately trees, of lovely deep and shady valleys, steep forest-covered slopesand rolling sunny uplands, Tale region, yet ly ina sate of nature and lying ju nt city limits, Gpocliy designed by dus Oreetor for tenn reation grounds of large and net pee ing city, and set deeply in the hearts of all citi- fashington, worthy of the name, is the Kore Suan dee Geren them and all who come after them for a grand public park.” —————_+e+—_____ THE CUT IN SALARIES, President Soden of the Bostons Gives His Ideas on the Subject. President Soden of the Boston Base Ball Club has given utterance to his sentiments about salaries. Mr. Soden is tired about hag- gling with base ball players year after year, and he wants to have it done away with. He wants the men to be signed bya committee. This committee will receive the names of the players reserved and the salaries their clubs will pay them, and secure them on the best terms possible. President Soden said that salaries will have attained their height in 1892. There will bea cut of from 20 to 30 per cent in salaries in 1893 of such players who have not bound their clubs by conzract covering that time. In the Boston club the only two men who cannot be cut dur- ing that time will be Nash and Duffy. Both have contracts with one more year to run, ‘The three-year contracts of Clarkson, Long, Nichols, Bennett, Ganzel and Tucker expire with this season. It is not the intention to pay low salaries, but iberal figures will simply to, lower. them, still prevail, but instead of paying a salary list of $59,000 the Boston club will surely not ay over $45,000 in 1893, and less than that in Ftd Mr. Soden further said that the public was not aware of the immense sums of money spent in base ball during the two seasons past and how large sum would be for the league to square and carry on the paign of 182 and ralil all its, obligations, “The cut jown, therefore, was absolutely necessary to protect the clubs from further loss, Business Frank Bancroft of Cincin- nati says that mo club could make money this year on account of the big salary lists and the consequent high cost of running a club. & Chemical Change. From Puck. trict line to Klingle ford, the southern limit of the there are attractive views, At the the stream is narrow and swift. It dashes over rocks forming cascades the stream he ern boundary of the District line or rather the District lines as the north corner of the District, where two of the lines meet, is in- cluded in the park. The west boundary is a line running along the Daniels road and the She Could Submit to Snubs, but “Neighbor- ‘They were coming down town together in » Broadway car and the woman in the plush | jacket was pouring: her tale of woe into the sympathetic left éar of her neighbor in the “We've given up flat life and are going to live in a hotel for No, it wasn’t the traditional causes Td grown used to the dumb waiter,had established fairly friendly relations with the janitor and my servant the other servant, who ar there. He ar preterence for of the Dred old gentleman e for bim, seein that he has studied the people who go to the | ?,, big music halls, who crowd the pits and tho | ¢),, galleries of the high-priced theaters, and who | Scott have put a fortune into the pockets of Barnum | ex and Bailey, “Bufialo Bill” Cody, imre hiralfy and two or three other venturesome American nd, following the lead of those on a seale__literaily cheap as to astound the Brito new specniator will proceed to make half million. In short, he is going to place in | 1 the ve t of London a dime museum. He | blockad 8 goin, for t Toe chagrin bounds, one il never ‘y e circus!” or on evacuated the lion. Stephen A. Mis followers bad and nothing remained ten to his discourse. to © but to is going to advertise in the daily prints with | V Lin dissent, babies cred and such apparent proigality that even Sir Au- | men of the opposition party shouted thermealecs gustus Harris will gaze in open-mouthed won- | bx the din aad tumult Douglass der, ang, finally, he is going to give the un-| ex tutored English public a most felicitous intro- | me duction to the curio and freak worlds which | form so large a part of American amusements | en today. ‘The speculation is a bold one. To | ay divorce the London masses from their old love | of the music hail, with its ever handy liquid | refreshment attachment; to take them away | from the pit, with its privilege of a free voice | px in praise or condemnation; to make them be- lieve that the strangest’ things in the cirens side shows can be secn for ninepence, is the | raised on the question of its submission t the —_ which Site ner’ tog ager has ot before | peopl 4 Loug\aes’ carnestnons in ¢xpatiating on imeelf. He says he can win success. | these doctrix te dasmmanine ob knows the objections which face him. He can | master to tur: oa ldhor on © senna overcome them, he suys, but he won't tell icked up by Billy Fay, theelown, how. But this’ he does’ promise, however. # in the red shirie fired «salute Inside of a twelvemouth there will be in Lon- " the Atianta cannon in lieu of a merited don an equivalent of the American dime «tity of applause. The performance did museum. It will have the hourly varicty | xt coutinue until after, among many other performances common with us; it will have | wit ngs, Dougiass said: “Laneoin wants my the greatest of the freaks, among them many | place. Iam twenty-five yoars @ resident, and who were shown to gaping crows by Haruui | would do nothing so vile as to relinquish my at Olympia; it will have wax figures to com- | dutics to the people.” pare with thore at Mme. Tussaud’s; it will have | “The manager of the cirous, learning that Mr. the standard English dramas acted in forty-| Dougiass’ managers bad booked bite for Car. five minutes by actors who have played in the | linvil * hence, immediately took the best and biggest of the London theste: or that point, There were two hotels in ali these it will have for ninepence or the morning after his arrival be about. “How can they get away from god accommodations for fifty peoyle in the asks this bold innovator. “I'll “give house cutertaining him, then did’ the sate at ten times their money's worth, They'v the other hotel, adding’ the boarding of sixty to support me. Vii get the freaks, |horses. Whem he returned his host tmpor. Fu eae over, there Jo-Jo, and I'll pay | tuned him to cancel his contract, as Pouglase of it, £120—-and where's the leading man or the ] leading woman in London who earns as much is evident that the babies wish bring Uld Abe to his milk eavorin, ime in order to the issues, and, turning to his democratic iherents, he said. the disturbers out bever to disturb my or a lively scrimmage he pular ec s "the latter, the ugh then two years old, not as yet having had the point teach all repul gents had arrived and were endeavoring ty ‘secare quarters, “The circus manager was 7 ¥ jcbdurate and it resulted am a compromise as that for a week's work? Moreover, I'll have | in effect that Dongiass should appear at the & sworn copy of Jo-Jo's contract’ with me | Accordingly the show bills printed in the advertising columns of thenews- papers. I'll give them Mille Christine, the two-headed black girl, who has never in hi life worked for less than $500 4 week. Til give them Unzie, another high-priced one. And I'll give them Circassians, tack eaters, frog eaters, glass dancers, snake charmers, Zulus, turtle boys, Albinos, strong men, chest expanders, hard-skull men, iron-jawed women, stone | breakers anda hundred other more or less ‘fakey’ carios. T'ilmake the Circassians over there to save stecrage money. A ‘fright wig’ well greased will make @ tiuo| Circassian for any museum. I'll mauu- facture my Albinos there, _ too, white wigs and pink-colored eyes. If I can i the right men, also, Ill get up my own ‘elastic skin’ freaks and ‘hard-skuiled men.’ I'm look- | ing for half a dozen cocaine fiends and mor- phine eaters in London, too. I want to make | “human pincushions’ out of them. They are | us, you know, but lately the | urned ‘em dow: ‘They'll go in | ondon, though. You can torture # good | cocaine fiend ciegantly without any objection from him, and it sets the people crazy. “But the variety part of my show will be straight. I've laid @ plan that mast succeed. 1 can afford to pay the performers big wages, because they'll work ouly for me, not doing | several ‘turns’ at the music halls, and so ing their nightly expenses considerably only doubt expressed by those with wham I consuited in London was on the ground of my financial responsibility. I've settled that by depositing a good sized sum in a leading bank- ing house, and Lhave their guarantee as to my worth. The performers in London need no other assurance. Money talks there, as here. All this isa brand new thing for Euglaud, bus why shouldn't it pay?” THE ORIGINAL DIME MUSEUM MAN. Well, why shouldn't pays in America, surely. There has never becn a day in the past twelve years when tho dime muscum busi- | ness in this country hasn’t been enriching ten | or a dozen men who were shrowd enough to go | into it early and keep at it systematically and shrewdly. - Yet, oddly enough, the pioneers of the 10-cent-show world were not its most _sub- stantial beneficiaries. It was in the fall of 15’ that George B. Bunneli, with no less a per age than Phineas Taylor Barnum opened the then new American Museum in Bowery. For a week or two failure seemed to threaten the scheme. All of a sudden the masscs appeared to awake to the fact that @ theater show was before them at 10 cents. People fairly poured into the pi Floor after floor was added to the store b ‘The upper stories were rented to make room for the increasing audiences. Ten thousand persons were considered ouly an ordinary daily show- ing, and Barnum once offered to take an oath that on one Ciiristmas day and night 30,000 people had passed through the place. 1: was in a bad location, too. Uwney Geozhe his dive next door. All around were qv able resorts. Yet so great was the curiosi produced by this new sensation that it became | Sonid be the “proper caper” to visit the museum. Fifth | Cramuing amid the plaudits of an appreciative avenue private liveries crowded their way | sudience. among the Bowery drays and peddlers’ |" Syuring his term as President Lincoln wregons and stood before the muscum doors. | told.a lot of office seekers the story of the Samuel J, Tilden has gazed in admiration | yo was deterred from starting on ® at the massive features of the fat woman and | ourney because he knew trom the way before the cage of an ordiuary eat—for Bun- | jackass drawing bis cart wagged his ears nell got up the first eat show while the scheme | {twas poing to rain, notwithstanding Was fresh —Lester Wallack has stood and satie- | rotary hind proplusied cleat weather. fied his curiosity. ‘This spot was the very ‘so he installed the jackass cradle of the American 10-cent museum, from | the secretary, considering which have sprung the many uervy managers | ‘Turning to the office seekers who have almost unconsciously aided to create er since that day © 4 revolution in the amusement world. Bunnell was quick to see all the possibili of the new order of things. Fearful that mint would no always coin for him he decided to getall the currency at once. He hired balis and opera houses in Brooklyn, Jersey. Ci two other towne, and thus started the multiple museum system. In Brooklyn Bunnell tried for the first time the experiment of giving two dramatic performances at i Three circuses, consisting of @ princely retinue of 100 persons, | 113 horses (any other circus wonld call it 600 | persons)! “he largest traveling show in the | world, and the only company that performe every thing on the bill iemnomber the date! Carlinvili ptember % at 1 ok c'clock p.m. Grand Dem- ocratie ! "Hon. Stephen A. Dougla: lo on Wedner that will undoubtedly F on next Wednesday will come to show the admiration ther have for the prinei- ples advocated by Mr. Douglass, principles Which they esteem above tie popularity that many men may have acquired. "Douglass is truly a great statesman and deserves every at tention lis friends may give bua on Wedner- day and that be has received in this state dur- ing the present canvass. Upon arrival at the grounds Jud; bert will duce the Hou. Stephen J. Douglass to the audience in a brief but appropriate speech. Go it, Douglass! Go it, cire ‘The opposition had been lampooning Dong: Jass for What 2t termed his anstatesmanlike con- duct, anddecried ine soliciting the suffrages of the people from the eireus ring. Yet it so haps pened that the foliowing day at Hillsborough the posters conveyed the following information: At 3 o'clock p.m Hon. Abraham Lincoln will appear in the canvasas per an agreement made the republican committe of ar- rangement, A farmer when a boy, heise friend to the farmer now that he bas become a man of wise precept. He isa great man, since ampions the cause of the oppressed, and ty cutitled to a place in the history of ountry. Kemembcr the forty-horse band wagon! Remember Lincoln! When the gilded pancls a emblasonrics, the artistic carvings costly trappmgs of the wagon have been warped and ruined by the sun, the mud and the rain, and the bones of the’ forty horses lie bleached on the forsaken prairie, the memory and the achievements of “Old Abe” will be cherished by the multitudes. Chuton had been previously selected ax the next “stand” where Mr. Lincoln was to It was also the first stand for the circus. The committee, noting that some of the lead- >rrified at the idea of Mr. Lincoln's n, implored the circus to change ite The management determinea that it show, a¢ it had been billed, motwith- g the republicans bad erected am elab- stand in the public square, the time of the n being set at 10 o'ciock # A mass io had assembled there and were | listening to Lincoln's introductory remarks, | when suddenly the forty-horse band wagon |drove past, and, as may be # followed it to the circus, sman wisely followed the crowd. conquering hero and attracted more attention Waid the clown or the trickenele, Mo tad | st | stand: | or | ora: ities | the had ouly driven to the W wagon drawn by forty horses would have been beard. When the campaign closed Spaulding Rogers’ circus went to Kansas, winning distinction of being the first cireus that ever visited that state. It is long agoa of the past, and thought not as bombastic and eolloe the i it had the houbr of offering asatirections twe the greatest men this country bas generosity vtateamen Even Barn in all his oo Se as his “specialists. The Electrical Convention. AT fi ul A FB I ef i z F z ] * i E i $ i Tah Wie